Man City must learn from Jadon Sancho departure

Jadon Sancho's acrimonious divorce from Manchester City is complete after an ugly few months of tit-for-tat.
He refused to sign a professional contract, they refused to take him on the first team tour. He refused to train, they refused to sell him to a Premier League club.
Under the terms reached, the England starlet has taken Ousmane Dembele's No.7 shirt at Borussia Dortmund and the Blues have both avoided selling him to a direct rival - United, Arsenal and Spurs were all interested - and got a decent fee of at least £8m and a sell-on clause.
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